I’m working from home this week, which is excellent in many ways, and not so awesome in others. Distractions One of the biggest benefits of working from home is that you have fewer distractions caused by other people. I don’t get bothered by people just walking up for a chat.… Read More
I was reading a book on marketing this morning (as is my wont) and there was a section on how people buy certain things because they self-identify with the brand. I was remembering a friend’s t-shirt from dinner last night which said “Whedonist”, referring to Joss Whedon, of Buffy the… Read More
For a limited time, you’ll be able to audit NetApp filers with my SCM tool for free, using an email service I knocked together this weekend. I had the idea during the week, and it was surprisingly simple to get working. SCM really is pretty awesome. If you have NetApps,… Read More
I’m doing a lot of travel at the moment, attending to clients interstate. This means I spend a lot of time in taxis and airport lounges. I don’t quite qualify for QantasClub yet (give it another couple of weeks), so I can’t just plug into free internet access of any… Read More
I upgraded from emacs 21 to emacs 22 about 6 months ago. I was looking for some of the better features of emacs 22, and for some bug fixes. Alas, I ended up being bitten by some other bugs. These bugs were annoying, but not quite bad enough to make… Read More
You’ve spent 10 minutes crafting an email. You’ve explained yourself well. You’ve been erudite, concise, clear, and yes, even witty. You hit send. And realise that you didn’t add the attachment. The attachment that is a vital part of the email. That is very obviously missing from the email. Sound… Read More
Ok, I promised you that I’d explain how to get mobile broadband with the 3 network working in Australia. There some information out there about how to do this, but it’s a bit hard to find, and what’s there can be obtuse. Geeks really need to learn how to communicate.… Read More
So I’m just about finished with a weekend back at home after a week of commuting to Brisbane for work, and about to head back up there again tomorrow morning at dark-o’clock-am. I was without real network access for most of this past week because a) clients often have draconian… Read More
Phage Wars is an excellent Real Time Strategy Flash game. You pick a type of ‘phage’ (which is technically a kind of virus that infects bacteria), and your aim is to conquor territory (cells). Each cell will then make more of your phage, and you can infect other cells. Bigger… Read More
I just bought an Asus M50Vn laptop. I was drawn to the Shiny! appearance, and it seemed to have reasonable specs for something just a shade under $2000. Since Asus make the EeePC netbook computers that started the whole netbook craze, I figured it would have reasonable driver support under… Read More
